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Newspaper Page TextThe Savannah Daily Herald. BY S. W. MASON & CO. SAMUEL W. MASOX Bdltor. IV. T. THOMPSON, Associate Editor. SAVANNAH. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1««S. FOR LOCAL HATTERS SEE THIRD PA«E. EVENING EDITION OF THE HERALD. By au accident to our press we were obliged to sus pend our Evening Edition temporarily, and various circumstances now lead us to announce its discon tinuance for a tew days longer. We shall resume Its publication very soon. TO ADVERTISERS. Onr advertising patrons are reminded that adver tisements inserted in the Morning Edition of the Hea.i t> will appear In the Evening without extra i barge. Advertisements should be handed In as early as possible, but will be received as late »s 12 o'clock at night We adhere to our advertised '** except tor long advertisements, orthoee inserted tor s long liras, on which a reasonable discount will be made HOW TO OBTAIN THE HERALD REG BUILT. We often ba*e complaints from residents of Savan nah ana Hilton Head that they are not able always to obtain the Pmai.n The demand is sometimes so e reat as to exhaust an Edition very soon after its issue, ari those who wish to here the Hrs.i.n regularly, the riff subscribe for tt. We hare faithful carriers In "Tav smith end at Hilton Head, and through them we always sene regular subscribers first iSrSWKbS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH. T7e are now publishing a column and more ofbrlef business announcements, carefully classified, under the general head of “Savannah Business liirectory." It includes some forty leading business men and arms of Savannah. We propose 10 retain tills as a regular feature of the Herald. The expense of in serting cards in this department of the paper is very small, and we believe the advertisers will receive j more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing , to have their cards included in this Directory, can do | n» by sending them to our counting room, or hand ing them io Mr. M. .1. Divine, who is authorised to receive them, l’repnyment will be invariably re quired. . THE DEMORALIZATION OF SOCIETY. The increase of crirn c and demoralization of society in all parts of the country is so ap parent as to attract the attention of the most careless observer of passing events. To say nothing of startling accidents, which appear to be unusually frequent, such« a flood of murders, suicides, abominable out rages, robberies, thefts, embezzlements, de falcations and swindles, accounts of which now fill the press, is without precedent in all the past history of the American people; and public attention is painfully directed to tiiis alarming and humiliating fact. The origin of this epidemic of immorality anti crime may be traced, we think, to two leading causes, viz : the close of the war and the spirit of speculation. The first has in troduced a scries of sudden changes in every grade of society, by letting loose North and South, a vicious class that have been absorb ed by the war, with the possession ot the two worst things they could have, money and idle time, and to continue the possession of which they naturally resort to crime. The war lias familiarized many with deeds of blood, so that they commit them on the slightest provocation, while it lias sadly lowered that popular sensitiveness to vio lence and bloodshed which is the salutary fruit of a long peace. But it is to be hoped that the transition period, so favorable to criminal tendencies, will soon pass away, as wc have no doubt it will. Our people readily adapt themselves to new circumstances, while the very instinct of self preservation leads them io meet new dangers with adequate remedies. It becomes us all to unite with the authori ties in a prompt enforcement of the laws at every hazard, and to contribute toward the formation of a sounder public opinion than now prevails, by discountenancing extrava gance, fashionable dissipation and idleness, and by cherishing the old virtues of integrity and frugality,on which alone can a great na tion be reared. • • second cause—that is, the spirit ot speculation, is more intense and all pervad ing to-day than it ever was. Everybody not absolutely crushed by the casualties of the late war, is making haste to he rich, and in the hurry and scramble all the moral pre cepts and all the instinctive obligations of honor whieh should constitute the true glory of jSaau, are disregarded or wholly lost sight ot. To earn one's bread in the old way, by the sweat of the brow, if accepted at all as an every day duty, has come to be consider edonly a duty to be shirked, or evaded, or somehow got around. To achieve the same end by speediei and less scrupulous means, would seem to be the grand idea of the day, and to that idea honor and honesty summar ily succumb. The terrible exhibition of de falcations, embezzlements, thefts, with a horrid murder and suicide frequently thrown io, with which journals from every part of the country are teeming from day to day, is but the legitimate fruit thus produced by the mordinate love of wealth, and the endeavor to acquire that wealth by the various crook ed processes in vogue all over the land. [For the Savannah Dally Herald.) THE FLORIDA STEAMERS Fbrsasdina, Aug. 31, 1865. Mr. Editor The advantages to be deriv ed from the running of the steamers, Foun tain, Capt. Gastner, and the Helen Getty, Capt. Ingraham, between Savannah and this place, are fully appreciated by the citizens. It not only opens a direct communication with Savannah, by giving our merchants a knowledge of the state of the markets there, but also opens up the whole northern and eastern trade. It affords facilities of travel «and gives us regular mail communications. e are uo longer dependent on Government steamers. The commanders of both the •learners are accommodating and en erpris jng gentlemen, and win golden opinions from all men. B. A Sound Political Flask. The Pennsylvania Democracy have placed one strong plank in their platform by adopt- ] lug the policy'of equalizing the soidtav j bounties. The convention which has just been held at Harrisburg adopted the follow ing resolution as a part of their political creed: Resolved, That we are in favor of so equal izing the bounties paid to soldiers in 1861 and 1862, that they shall receive the same pay and bounty as the soldiers of 1863 and 1864, and that Congress should make an ap propriation for this purpose. The avowal of this policy will greatly strengthen the democratic rauks in Pennsyl vania, tor it will necessarily be popular wi h the returned veterans and their friends. But it le the manifest justness, and not the polit ical utility of the proposition, that should commend it to public favor. Union Mooting aid Mnatim ii Ef fingbam Comty. SpRINGFIEI.iI, EIIISGItAM Cos., O* , I August 2?, 18CT.. i A meeting of the loyal citizens of Effing ham county, was held here this day, for the purpose of nominating delegates to the State Convention. Samuel Neidlinger was Called to the chair, and James Hahn appointed Sec retary. The Chairman briefly explained the object I of the meeting, and declared the same open ! for the transaction of business, i On motioD, a committee ot seven was ap- I pointed by the Chair to select suitable per j sons to be voted for as delegates to the Con | vention. Said committee, after a short j absence, reported the names of Rev. Charles i V. Neidlinger and Augustus N. Rahn. Esq., which selection was confirmed by a unnni ! mous vote ot the meeting. The following preamble and resolutions ; were then ottered by A M. Kahn, and unan i imously adopted : Whereas, It is proper that the truly loyal men of the country, when assembled in pri j mary meetings, should give public espres ! sion to their sentiments in such manner as j may be promotive of the general welfare ; i therefore, i Ecscived. That, as good and patriotic citi ! .tens of the United States, we will faithfully i support and defend the Union, the Constitu- I tioD, and the laws thereof, in their lull inte grity- , | Resolved, That the late unhappy civil war I can, and should be made in Its results, the J means of solidifying our government, j strengthening the bonds of the Union, and rendering any future attempt on the part of ; unprincipled politicians, at revolution and bloodshed utterly impossible. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Savannah Oazettes.for publication. There being no further business to trans act, the meeting adjourned. . Samlei. Neidlinoer, Chairman. James Rahn, Secretary. FROM NASHVILLE. The Double Assault on Gen. Wheeler. RIOT AT A GERMAN PIC-NIC. Outrageous fondnet of Negro Soldiers. ARREST Os BAO CHARACTERS. We take the following from the Nashville Despatch of 22d ult.: OEM. WHEELER ATTACKED AND BEATEN BT COL. BLACKBURN. A difficulty occurred at the City Hotel last evening, at about 4 o’clock, between Colonel Blackburn and the rebel General Wheeler.— The tacts ns related to us are simply ns fol lows About one year ago, Gen Wheeler issued nn order concerning Col. Blackburn and his regiment. On Sunday, Gen. Wheeler arrived in the city and put up at the City Hotel, and yesterday Colonel Blackburn, in company with Capt. Quinu, went to General Wheeler's room. Col. Blackburn carried a cane, and after rapping on the door, they were admitted by Gen. Wheeler, who was alone in his room. Col. Blackburn asked him if he was Gen. Wheeler, and was in formed that he was, when Col. Blackburn told him who he was. General Wheeler stepped back towards the bed, as Col. Black burn believes to get his pistols, and he raised his cane and struck him several times, when Wheeler ran out of the room, crossing the gallery to a room on the opposite side of the house, followed by Blackburn, who beat him severely with the cane after he entered the room. Capt. Quinn had drawn bis pistol to keep Wheeler's stall from interposing, and when the alarm was raised and parties got to the scene of the difficulty, Col. Bluckburn ceased the attack. This is a simple state ment of the facts a9 furnished us by Colonel Blackburn, who says that Gen. Wheeler has robbed him of all he has, and threatened, in his order, to hang him and his men if he caught them. No arrest was made up to 8 o’clock last night. STATEMENT OP DR. ROSCOt. From Dr. Roscoe, who dressed the wounds of Gen. Wheeler, we have been furnished with the following statement as given him by General Wheeler “ I went to General Wheeler’s room after the difficulty, and found him lying on a bed, bleeding profuse ly. I usked him how it occurred, to which he replied: “I was lying on my bed, and beard a rap on the door. I got up and opened the door, and was confronted by Col. Black burn and a Captain, whom I did not know. I asked them to come m and he seated, after which I extended my hand to Col. Black burn, when it was ’taken by the Captain, who immediately grasped my arms, and Col. Blackburn struck me with his cane about ten or twelve times. I struggled and escaped, running to the other side of the house, fol lowed by Col. Blackburn, who struck me a numl«er of licks after I got ou the othei side of the gallery. The crowd who bad rushed up stairs, stopped the attack, and I returned to my room.” Dr. Rosqoe informed us that in examining the wounds of Gen. Wheeler, he found one cut on his forehead one inch and a half in length, several contusive wounds on his head, and on the right ear, and several on his right arm, whieU he received while warding off the blows. We give the above statements as made by us, and refrain lmm making any comment whatever. - 7 OCTRAOKOU9 CONDUCT OF NEGRO SOLDIERS. We were present in the office ot Brigadier General Jas B. Brownlow yesterday, when a gentleman related the particulars ot an outrage committed by some members of the 101st colored regiment at the house ot Mrs. McCann, who resides at the upper end of Broad street, near McNairy. It appeared that several negro men and a negro women stopped in front of the residence of Mrs. McCann, and in their attempts to gain the embrace of the wench, used the most ob scene and disgraceful language. A young man named Carr, who was in the house, came out and remonstrated with them, but did not succeed, and finally a young gentle man named Byers came out and told them to go off. They replied that they could whip any white s—n ot a b—h, and would go when they goi ready. He struck one ot them with a rock, cutting him severely, it uot fatally in the head, and escaped The negroes went off. and soon after re turned with some twenty-five or thirty, who entered and searched the house, offering gross insults and cursing the young ladies present They stood guard over the house all uight, and up to the time that complaint was made to Gen. Brownlow, who prompt ly wrote a statement of the facts to General j Thomas. In the afternoon, we learned at • the office of the District Provost Marshal that “ gallant soldier, who attempted to remon- strate with them, was arrested and dragged to their quarters by these negro soldiers. He has made his statement, having witnessed the scene, and the whole affair will be laid before Gen Thomas this morning: This is tlie second, or third outrage of the kind that has occurred in that locality within a short period, and we have every reason to believe that Gen. Thomas will deal justly with them. RIOT AT A GERMAN ETC-KIG. • . IV e learn from parties who were on the ground, the following particulars of* rather serious riot in connection with a plc-uic given by the Turner Society in north Nath alie on Sunday. The affair passed off plea santly until about five o'clock in the evening. Tneu, as we are informed, a discharged one armed soldier who had gained admittance berime very disorderly, (hews* Inbuiaat and) drew a pistol, and threat-sued to about •r.me boily. tine of the Turn rs caught Ida arm to prevent bis tiring; » lien a Lieutenant, whose n mte wc did not learn, came to the assistance of the one-armed mau. also draw ing h revolver and threatening to shoot L'eUt. Col. Trauerniebt, who uas appointed by the Turners to see order maintained, here called upon the guards who were on the ground to arrest the Lieutenant. The latter at once resisted and fired twice at the s 1 tiers, who immediate y returned the fire, dangerously wounding trim in the head. In the melee which ensued, several roughs tuk inj a part, bottles and brickbats were freely used ; several persons were battered and bruised, the Lieut. Colonel corning in for a severe gash on the head. The Turners were ii no way to flame in the matter, except, perhaps, that they should have peremptorily refused admittance to the black-guards, who commenced the disturbance, and got the worst of it. THE FIRST BALE. Messrs. J. A. McAlister <fc Cos., received a bale of cottou from Mr. 11. H. Hicks, of Rutherford county, being the first received here of this year’s growth. It is a very fine sample of cotton. NEGRO GUERRILLAS. A gang of negroes stationed themselves on t'te Buena Vista Pike about three miles from the city, on Saturday morning, and robbed every country wagon coming into market of all they contained. So far as we can learn no arrests have been made, and the negroes are unknown. GUERILLAS ON THE RAM?ACE. From a triend, who has just arrived from Wayne county, we learn that a few days ago some half dozen Union soldiers, who have recently been mustered out ot' the Cth Tennessee cavalry, were made to dismount from their horses by a squad of fifteen or twenty guerrillas, who were promiscuously •‘bobbing round." ARRESTED ON DKSi' ITCH. A despatch was received here from Atlan ta by some of our dectiv.s to arrest two sol diers of the 4th Mounted Kentucky Infantr , fra brutal and unprovoked attack on bu o and man in that city. It seems that one of the soldiers threw his arms around a respectable lady with whom he was walking, and the old gentleman struck at the scoundrel, when they commenced shooting, wounding him badly. The two men were arrested yester day In passing through, and will be eeut back for trial. A DESPERATE CHARACTER. Wm. Smith, late a Lieutenant in the 4th Tennessee mounted infantry was arrested about one week ago near Shelbyville, and brought to this city. Geo. W. Kakins, of Shelbyville, makes affidavit that Smith, while drunk, went to the house of a colored woman, and beat her in a most shameful manner. Her life is despaired of. She was in delicate health, and expected soon to be come a mother. Smith is said to be the ter ror of the whole country, and no one felt safe while lie was at large. He will be tried by Court Martial. CONFISCATION IN HAYWOOD COUNTY. The Memphis Argus ot the 17th inst , says: “We are informed by citizens of Haywood county, Tennessee, that the United States Marshal has just libeled for confiscation, the whole property, real and personal, of forty-five or fifty gentlemen re siding at and in the vicinity of Brownsville. The Marshal, we understood, took an inven tory of the personal property, in each case, so as to hold the parties responsible for its 9nfe-keeping and fourthcoming on the day of trial. Some of the parties had taken the Amnesty Oath, and all of them have been known as active participants in the late war against the United States. The Cholera makes slow advances west ward. In Italy, Spain, aud France at (Mar seilles.) according to a late report, this dreadful disease was eanying off its victims Excepting a few places, such as Alexandria and Constantinople, the mortality does not appear to have been large, and even in those cities the disease is spoken of as abating. The early appearance of cholera in London seems, to be regarding there as a forgone con clusion Tbe Times believes. If the cholera comes that way, that “no quarantine, no de tentions, no fumigation, no lines of demar cation will keep it out. The only counsel given is, that citizens observe cleanly habits, eat suitable food, and abstain from all kinds of excess. Gov. Bro-.vjiiow ami Jo bn Bell of Tcn- BMMt. The eccentric Governor of Tennessee, al though seemingly uiucu occupied in the dis charge of his official duties, continues his editorial connection w ith Brownlow's Whig, of Knoxville, and finds time to write edito rial letters, and other articles for his paper. Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, who aban dqned that State, immediately after the fall of Nashville, aud settled in one off lie towns of Northern Georgia, recently returned to his old home, and bad nn interview with his quandam friend of the Whig, an account of which is contained in the fo'lowiug extract from one of the Governor's letters to his pa per : „ , i Itave had a long interview with John Bell He Is ten Tears older. In appearance, than when the war begin. Uls teeth are out, and that affects his speech, his hair and whiskers are very gray, and he Is very much stooped, and leans upon his stall like an old man is expected to do. i treated him very kindly. He talks very fltely about the rebellion find In oppo sition to ti. He says tire Secessionists In the South are all luuattcs without any lucid Intervals—that Is to say, they are crazy all the time. 1 believe it Is a principle in law, that u' a L.nutlc have lucid Intervals at times he is re-ponslble tor acts perpetrated In those Intervals. And medical writers say that luna tics without lucid Intervals are Incurable. I accompanied the old gcntlemau to the beadquai lei.s of (Jen. Thomas, anil alter a short but agreeable 1 iterrlew with the General. we went to the oltlee of the Provost Marshal Ueneral. where the old geutli - tn in mak ti e atiuest) o.t’.i, and placed lilmselt right on the record. Heavy Foreign Cargoes —The Bremen, which left Southampton for New York on the 2d uit., was obliged to shut out a great quanity of goods, owing to the large cargo which she took in at Bremen. On the Bth instant the Borussia did not call at South ampton on her way to New York, having filled with cargo at Hamburg. The Andersonville grave yard of Union Soldiers has been enclosed with a substantia fence, the ground cleafed up and 12,840 graves marked. Someone fond of detail bas grouped to gether the following items of fraud and steal ing which has marked the commercial his tory of the country within three or foui months past. We give the list: Charles Wmsor, Mercantile B ink s2ii,ooo Alfred Townsend, New Haven Stv.ug Bank. 115,u00 Smith J. Eastman, Produce Broker, 500,000 Henrr P. Jenkins. Phoenix Bant, 300,000 P. R-MumforO, Stock Broker 130,000 Edward B. Ketchum. Banker, 4.500,000 I Unknown, cashier, 100,009 Total, $5,920,000 The foreign imigration into the United States for the six months ending with June, comprised nearly seventy-five thousand per sons, of whom ferty-two thousands were males. Colonel Amos Binney, Chief Paymaster for Virginia and North Carolina, has defraud ed the Government of nearly 5,000 dollars. Ex-Congressman George H. Yeuinau, of Kentucky, has been appointed Minister to Denmark. During the last four yean th* Washington bakeries issutd 49,673,798 rations of bread, the saving of the cost of bread to the Gov i eminent being $664,79C 27. The entire ex pense of the bakeries was $400,712 05. A. WARD “STRIKES ILE.” Salt River Borins, , ft',. My Dceruat BiL-v Jane: —ik-re I ana mm, ns Slick as' Great-', out ot the reach of the “slings »n<l airenr- oi outragis torihunc," as the Foil Her. anybody eiiqwires to ILid insvillo about Aitennis Ward, that used lobe some in 1 tic Show Uizifts, say Ul them with a Tear in thy I, Artimeous (that's the Greek spell of my name), the great showman is dead—that is, to ignoble persoots. Tell them Artemus is no more Artcmus, but a “body corporated;" tell 'em Betsy Jane Ward is no more the wife of the Captain of the Urdu ins ville millishy. but a lady. Btisy Jane. I’ve struck ile' I'm as ritcli as CieuMi My lie will spirt up iu a stream 2 hundred feet Hi, and as thick as the main mast of the iron sides. O Betsy what a site of mean work 1 ve dun in my past career: To think that 1 used to handle the Bo Constiictors an other reptile snaiks, in my show, an all for no use. I get poor and poorer, while the snaiks and tigers get tat; an at larst the pesky rehs confis cated my show, an “Othellv's occupation was gone. This is a kold world, Betsy—perticularly wliar tiler's no ile. When I got poor(cauz how I was tugood natured like father Ahiam, and let the boy 9 intu my show w ithout payin) even my monkey made mouths at me. an I was a wax figgei meself—that is. I was pa tience on a monument. But nobody “saw it" but me. Nowits different. Shakspec-i, or some other wise theologum sed sum is born grate, some win gralene by a pack of cards or a horse race, and the rest git big by axideut. Now I didn't win it, or git thrust onto me, but I bored it out the stuns of Salt River, with a government orgur. Borin is of two kinds—bonn for the cor porations (that is for the money) and after wards lor tiie ile. Wal, >ou see I bord my self out of A. Ward into a grate Company, called the “Oleaginus Saline Carboniferous Indication Manufacturing Company. I tell you privitly, that name took splendid. We —that’s me, and Artemus aud Artimeous & Mr. Ward— opined an oflis, and from Mondy morn till Sundy dawn we bookt the shares. Our company was organized to wit —it had 17 milluns of shares at 3 cents a share, and 1 cent “reserved for working capital." We garantied everything. We told the noose boys uther coutrcbands that we had the “royalty ' and “fee simple” of the ile on Salt River. We told ’em we was opposed to ar istockrisy aud big shares. We told’em the shares was “limited" —so they was, to our treasury. Our shares went up to 17 dollar ami 14 1-2 cents in 14 days! We sold out out au started anuther, au this was the way we went on. till the vale of Salt Riever was bored like a pepper Box. Betsy Jane, I've guv you the modis oper amly of striking ile. The man wot got rich on wot 1» talers guv him, an inscribed patri otirkally on his Buggy, “A 'ine Talers Maid mm mm,'' was a tool long side ttie Wards. I'm comin to Baldinsville soou to cloze up thine uiidistinguishl career, and open in Besting a establishment worthy of Betsey June. Tell Zeko Biglow to make a Coach 4, and put on the panel a Orger as big as a main mast of a ship. I inten to make the Codfish riggins pale there ineffectooal tires, as the postle says. Tbe Artemus corpora tion sends the a oleagenius farewell kiss. — No more at present. From thy dearest luv Artemus Ward. A gum’ Story The following story is going the rounds of the European press: “During the occupation ot Northern Ger many by the French in 1810-11, the young Count Londy was a lieutenant in the army which occupied the department de I’Elbe, of which the city of Hamburg was the centre, and where Marshal Davoust, Prince of Eck muki, reigned with a terror aud cruelty which even now is but too vividly remem bered by the ‘oldest inhabitant.’ Then came 1 lie Russian campaign, aud the subsequent retreat of the French in 1812. Fifteen years later a youth ot unknown parentage was ap prenticed to a Hamburg builder. Step by step he rose, until at last he himself became a master builner, and practised as such in his native city. The terrible fire of 1842, which reduce two-thirds ot the place to ashes, brought great activity into the build ing trade as a natural consequence; and Mr. Londy, combining the work of contrac tor and house speculator with bis profession, gradually became a rich mao, and is now one of tbe most extensive contractors of Hamburg. Tbe young lieutenant of fifty years ago had. in tiie meantime, become an old mau, and is still alive. Happening one day to take up a German newspaper, he found a person bearing his name mentioned as taking an active partin some improve ments at Hamburg. His name is an uncon - mon one, and be was struck with it as oc curring in a place where, fifty years ago, 1 e was quartered for several months Could he have his name there in a mauner which sometimes will occur? The thing haunted him, aud at last he determined to find oat beyond nil doubt. Hr did so. and the result of his inquiries was, that Mr. Londy, the builder, proved to be the count's son. He has since been formally acknowledged as such, and will succeed the rich and hitherto childless old count in his honors, titles and property.” Bigamy. —The Louisville Journal says there was an interesiing bigamy case in court on Saturday, which has been continued, and the alleged bigamist bas been recommit ted. His wile comes from Nashville. She is young, handsome, neatly, indeed, almost elegantly attired, aud of gentle, affectionate manners. The culprit is a handsome, gen tlemanly looking fellow of some twenty-five years. The second wife was not in court, and owing to her absence, the case was con tinued. The woman’s heart melted when her husband was about being sent back to jail. She withdrew her charge, proclaimed the man's innocence, and asked that he be allowed to go where he pleased, all she want ed was her furniture. The Judge, however, was deal to her appeals. We are requested to suppress the names in this case. There are now nearly three hundred China men living in New York, but probably not half n dozen women from that country. There are two or three Chinese families. About fifty of the Chinamen are married most ot them to Irish women. They are generally industrious, but somewhat addict ed to drinking, and they are not cleanly in their habits. Many of them are at work as portets in stores, and are faithful to their employers. Tlie Fenian Brotherhood are just now at tracting considerable attention in Rhode Island, and are making man}' additions to their numbers. They have held public, meetings iu all the towns where there is an Irish population. The order already in cludes. it is sstd, more than half of the Irishmen in the State. The following are among tlie notices put up at a petroleum town in Western Penn sylvania : “No talking w;ith the chamber maid'—“Fare as high as at any other house '—“Not responsible for boots left iu the hall"—“No sardines admitted” Commendable Bravery. —The Worcester Palladium believes there ra great dnnger to be apprehended from Southern women on the restoration of peace. To which tlie Richmond Republic wisely adds: “Tlie sex is proverbially dangerous, but maukind have always shown a perfectly reckless courage in encountering the dear creatures-” A “car disease” has broken out in the ea tern part of New York city. It is said to nave its origin in the filthy and over-crowded condition of the street cars. Hundreds of people have been attacked, and the disenaj is still spreading. Among the celebrities at Saratoga is Mrs. Petrine, the Baltimore lady, who was ar rested and imprisoned for sending a sword to Harry Gilmore. Harry, the jaunty rebel raider, has also been at the Springs, and many young ladies were “dying" to get ac quainted with him. THE MATTERHORN ACCIDENT. A THitllllNti NAHRATIVE »> A SUHVIYOK. Mr. Edward Wl.viupi r, the leader aud one ot tbe survivors of the ill fated party which recently ascended the Matterhorn, and lost four of their number in making the descent, has addressed to tbe Times a very interesting narrative of that eventful and tragic journey. The incidents ot the first part of the journey did not differ Irom the usual course ot Alpine trawl. They pursued their way leisurly enough, and at 12 o'clock, having found a good position for their tent at a height of I l.oho fiat, they surrendered themselves for the remainder of the day to enjoyment and scientific recreation. “Long alter dusk the cuffs above echoed with our laughter, and with the songs of the guides, lor we were happy that night iu camp, and did not dream ot calamity.” Very early 'he next morning the party started far the summit, and they went on smoothly uutil they had reached an altitude ot fourteen thousand feet. Owing to the per pendicularity of the rocks, they were com pelled to make a detour at this point, and the}’ then proceeded to climb up the only part of the mountain which presented con siderable difficulties—difficulties occasioned, as Mr. Whymper explains, by the irregulari ties in the face of the rock having been filled up by snow and partially glazed by ice ; but “still it was a place over which any fair moun'aineer might pass in safety,’ and only some three hundred leet high. All the party, with the exception ot Mr. fladow, who lack ed not jeourage but experience, and had therefore to be continually assisted, com pleted the ascent in safety and with compai ative ease. The only suggestive remark was made by poor Croz. who, in answer to an observation which Mr. Wbymper made on reaching the summit, that they had come up very slowly, said, “Yes, I would ra'her go down with you and another guide alone than with those who are going.” After describing the circumstances attending the ascent, the only striking feature of which was the as sistance wnich Mr. Iladow, from want of experience, frequently required, Mr. Wfiym per proceeds as follows : I nave been requested to describe particu larly the state of the party on the summit. No one showed any signs of fatigue, neither did I hear anything to lead me to suppose that any one was at all tired. I remember Croz laughing at me when I asked him the question. We had, indeed, been moving less than ten hours, aud during that time had halted for neatly two. The only remark which I heard suggestive of danger was made by Croz, but it was quite casual, and probably meant nothing. He said, after I had remarked that we had eotne up very slowly, “ Yes; I would rather go down with you and another guide alone tlian with those who are going.” As to ourselves, we were arranging what we should do that night on our return to Zermatt. We remained on the summit for one hour, and during the time Hudson and I consulted, ns we had done all the day, as to the best and safest arrangement of the party. We agree.d that it would be best for Croz to go first, as fie was the most powerful, and Hadow second ; Hudson, who was equal to a guide in sureness of foot, wished to be third; Lord F. Douglas was placed next, and old Taugwaider, the strongest of the re mainder, behind him. I suggested to Hud sou that we should attach a rope to the rocks on our arrival at the difficult bit, and hold it as we descended, as an additional protec tion. He approved the idea, but it was not definitely settled that it should be done. The party was being arranged in the above order while I was making q sketch of the summit, and they were waiting for me to be tied in my place, when someone remembered that we had not left our names in a bottle ; they requested me to write them, and moved off wuile it was beiug done. A few minutes afterward I tied myself to young Taugwai der and followed, catching them just as they were commencing the descent of the difficult part described above. The greatest care was being taken. Only one man was moving at a time, when lie was firmly planted the next advanced, and so on. The average distance between each was probably 20 feet. Tuey had not, however, attached the addi tional rope to rocks, and nothing was said about it The suggestion was made entirely on account of Mr. Hadow, and I am not sure it even occurred to me again. I was, as I have explained, detached frern the others, and following them ; but after about a quarter of au hour Lord F. Doug las asked me to tie on to old Taugwaider as he feared, he said, that if there was a slip Taugwaider would not be able to hold him. This was done hardly ten minutes betore tbe accident, and undoubteely saved Taug wal.ler's life. • As far as I know, at the moment of the accident, no one was actually moving. I cannot speak with certainty, neither can the Taugwalders, because the two leading men were partially hidden from our sight, by an intervening mass of rock. Poor Croz had laid aside his axe, and iu order to give Mr. Hadow greater security by absolutely taking hold of his legs and putting his feet, one by one, into proper positions. From the move ments ot their shoulders it is my belief that Croz, having done as I have said, was in the act of turning round to go down a step or two himself; at this moment Hadow slipped, fell on him,and knocked him over. I heard one started exclama ion from Croz, then saw him aud Mr. Hadow flying down ward ; in another moment Hudson was dragged from his steps and Lord F. Douglas immediately alter him. All this was the work of a moment; but immediately we heard Crozs exclamation, Taugwalder and myself planted ourselves as firmly as the rocks would permit; the rope was tight be tween ns, and the shock came on us both as on one man. We held ; but the rope broke midway between Taugwalder and Lord F Douglas. For two or three seconds we saw our unfortunate companions sliding downwards on their backs, ana spreading out their hands endeavoring to save them selves : they then disappeared one by one, and fell from precipice to ptefipiee on to the Matterhorn glacier below, a distance of nearly 4,000 teet in height. From the mo ment the rope broke it was impossible to 1 e p him. For tlie space of half an hour we remained on tlie spot without moving a single step.— The two men, paralyzed by terror, cried like infants, and trembled in such a manner as to threaten ns with the fate of the others.— Immediately wo had descended to a safe place I asked for the rope that had broken, and to my surprise—indeed, to my horror— found that it was the weakest of the three ropes. As the first five men had been tied while I was sketching, I had not noticed the rope they employed, and now I could only conclude that they had seen fit to u e this in preference to the others. It has been stated that the rope broke in consequence of its fraying over a rock; this is not the case, it broke in mid-air, and the end does not show any trace of previous injury. For more than two hours afterwards 1 thought every moment that *he next would be my last: for the Taugwalders. utterly un nerved, were not only • incapable of giving assistance, but were in such a state that a slip might have been expected from one or the other at any moment • I do the younger man, moreover, no injustice when I say that immediately we got to the easy part of the descent he was able to laugh, smoke, and eat as if nothing had happened. There is no occasion to say more oft lie descent- I look ed frequently, but in vaiu, for traces of my unfortunate companions, and we were in consequence surprised by the night when still at the height of 13,000 feet. IVe arrived at Zermatt at 10:30 on Saturday morning. Immediately on my arrival I sent to the President of the Committee, and requested him to send as man}’ men as possible to as cend heights whence the spot could be com manded where I knew the four must have i fallen. A number went and returned after six hours, reporting they had seen them, but that they could not reach them that day.— They proposed starting on Sunday evening so as to reach the bodies at daybreak on Monday: but unwilling to lose the siighteit chance, Rev. J. McCormick and myself re •o'ved to start on Sunday morning. The guides of Zeiniott being threatened with ex communication if they did not attend early mass, were unable to accompany us. To several at least I am sure tbis was a severe trial; for they assured me with tears that nothing but what I have stated would have prevented them from going. Rev. J. liob ertson and Mr. J. Pkilpotts, of Rugby, how ever, not only lent us their guide (Frank Andermatten), but also accompanied us themselves. Mr. Puller lent us the brothers Locbinatter; F. Payot and J. Tairbaz, of Chamounix, also volunteered. We started with these at 2 p. m. on Sunday, and follow ed the route we had taken on Thursdav m irniug until we bail passed the Honlt, when wc went, down to the right of the ridge and m muted through the serace of the Math r >om glacier. By 8:30 we had got on to the pla teau at the top, and within sight of the cor ner in which we knew my companions must be. As we saw one weather-beaten man after another raise the telescope, turn deadly pale and pass it on, without a word, to the next, we knew that all hope was gone. \Ve approached ; they had fallen below as they had taken above—C’aoz a little in advance, Hadow near him and Hudson some distance behind ; but of Lord F. Douglass we could see nothing. To my astonishment, I saw that ail of the three had been tied with the club, or with the second and equally strong rope, and, consequently, there was only one link—that between Taugwaider and Lord F. Douglas—in which the weaker rope had been used. The letters of Rev. J. McCormick have already Informed you respecting the subse vuent proceedings. The orders from the government of the Valais to bring the bodies down were so positive that four days after the events I have just related 21 guides ac complished that sad task. The thanks of all Englishmen are due to these brave men, for it was a work of no little difficulty aud of great danger. Os the body of Lord F. Doug las they, too, say nothing; it is probably arrested in the rocks above. No one can mourn his loss more deeply or more sin cerely than myself; for, although young, he was a most accomplished mountaineer, hardly ever required the slightest assistance, and did not make a s'njle slip throughout the day. Ho had, only a tew days betore we met, made the ascent of the Gabelhorn a summit far more difficult, I believe, to reach, than the Matterhorn itself. I was detained in Zermatt until the 22d of July, to await the iuquiry instituted by the government. I was examiued first, and at the close, I handed in to the court a num ber of questions which I desired should be put to the elder Taughwalder; doing so be cause that which I had found out respecting the ropes was by no means satisfactory to me. Tiie questions, I was told, were put anil answered before I left Zermatt; but I was not allowed to be present at the inquiry, and the answers, although promised, have not yet reached me. This. Sir, is the end of this sad story. A single slip, or a single false step, has been the sole cause of this frightful calamity, and has brought about misery never to be for gotten. I have only one observation to offi r upon it. If the rope had not broken you would not have received this letter, for we could not possibly have held tne four men fal ing as they did—all at the same time, aad with a severe jerk. But, at the same time, and it is my belief no accident would have happened had the rope between those who fell been as tight, or nearly as tight, as it was between Taugwaider and myself. The rope when used properly, is a great safe guard; but whether on rocks, or whether on snow or glacier, if two men approach each other so that the rope falls in a loop, the whole party is involved in danger; for should one slip or fall, he may acquire, be. fore he is stopped, a momentum that may drag down one man after another, and bring destruction on all: but if the rope is tight, this is all but impossible. I am, Sir your obedient servant. Edward Wuvmper. Haslemkre, Aug. 7. The Amnestt Oath in Carolina.—Gov. Perry, of South Carolina, in a letter to a prominent citizen of Chaileston says: “If you take the oath (of amnesty,) and apply for a pardon, it is to be presumed, after the approval by me, that it is granted, and you are entitled to vote or serve in the Conven tion, although your pardon may not have been returned or received by you.” Washington letter writers report that Maximillian has sent the President a letter of condolence on death of the Pn sklent Lincoln, which lettor was not received, the Govern ment knowing no 9uch person as the “Em peror of Mexico.” Heavy seizures of whiskey have been mace at Cincinnati and Indianapolis, involving several million dollars. Emigration South. The Philadelphia Ledger says there are a great many emi grants going from the Northwest to the South. WASTED. _■ Wanted, TT'ORTY 140; able-bodiedyoung men for duty In the A city of Savannah. They will receive a liberal salary They must come well recommended. All applicant* will apply at office ot Capt. 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